Rostermania Tracker - Every CS2 roster move in one place

100 Thieves have benched Ag1l, for some reason. Whenever we've watched 100T he's seemed like a very promising player, and the data backs that up, so we're not sure why they're doing this.

Portuguese players are getting bullied this year, it seems. Might be time to recreate SAW.

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Aurora have benched their coach, Fabre. This is unlikely to be their only move of the summer, as many have reported they will be going international, for better or worse. They have been linked to Jimpphat recently, though he may also be playing with MAJ3R on BC.Game, if reports are to be believed.

The BC.Game CEO says that's not happening, though.

Happy Monday everyone! Little of substance happened over the weekend in terms of Counter-Strike, which is mildly disconcerting, but we're sure this week things will pick up.

Look out for:

• Rumours around NAVI and b1t after Richard Lewis suggests the player wanted to leave for Falcons
• Legacy looking to sign try and insani
• MOUZ need a player
• What is happening with Passion UA?
• BC.Game still need two

It should be a fun week. In the meantime, read about why G2's move for r1nkle makes absolutely no sense and we hate it.

#JusticeForSunPayus

MIBR have confirmed that kl1m has left following the completion of his loan deal, and their replacement is nqz.

nqz is a pretty solid player, and being Brazilian is great for their image and possibly communication of LNZ also departs, but as a player we don't think of him as an upgrade. Not that that is MIBR's fault - kl1m will have plenty of suitors elsewhere, and we're a little surprised that FaZe and G2 have already locked in AWPers who aren't him. Especially G2, given he's their player.

Our model has nqz at a 62 rating, and kl1m at a 69, so not a disastrous move by any stretch, but not exactly one we'd expect to torpedo them upwards.

G2 have benched SunPayus for r1nkle, and we're still trying to wrap our heads around that one. We'll have an article on that later in the week as we try and compile our thoughts into one place.

SunPayus is good, man! He'd improve a lot of teams.

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broky's reign of terror on FaZe is finally over, with JBOEN taking over the AWPing duties. There are rumours that Neityu will join full time, but these are not yet confirmed.

We've not seen much of JBOEN, but what we have seen is incredibly exciting, and he comes with a terrific reputation. This is very much one to watch, and we will be there.

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3DMAX have signed Kursy as a replacement for Ex3rcice, which seems totally unexciting. Par for the course for 3DMAX, but with the limitation of only signing French-speaking players, this is about as good as you could hope for.

Astralis have benched ruggah, and whilst there were rumours of HooXi leaving, these appear to have been wide of the mark.

We think it would be a crying shame to remove HooXi, who in our eyes has done excellently with middling talent.

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NIP have moved out cairne and have a temporary replacement of n0te. cairne has been consistently underwhelming for NIP, and it's no surprise that he would be the one leaving.

xKacpersky is a very exciting talent, and while our model doesn't like him as much as our eyes do, his surface level numbers are fantastic in a team that is consistently underperforming expectations. stavn has been a revelation, but other than that, this team has generally not met its tier one aspirations in the way many of us expected.

cairne has been a bit of an issue, as he's in very solid roles and generally hasn't been brilliant.

Gaimin Gladiators have benched their whole roster, which is entirely unsurprising. They were pretty terrible at the Major, albeit not helped by the felps bencing post-qualification. They've said it's to do with the Major revenue structure, which sort of implies they might be out of CS for now.

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BC.Game have confirmed Senzu's signing, and krazy is out. If you want more on Senzu's signing for BC.Game, we had an individual piece for it discussing who else might join and why Senzu is still an exciting signing below.

EYEBALLERS added KRIMZ in one of the most feel-good moves of the roster season.

He's reunited with JW as he looks to guide a new generation of Swedish talent - where have we heard that before - to bring back glory to this once-great CS nation. Is this a good move? Maybe, maybe not. But it's one that feels good, and it's one that makes us far more excited to watch EYEBALLERS.

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NRG have benched br0. We don't know why. He's a fine player who was very often their best player. It may be that the player has another move lined up, which seems the most likely, but if it's an NRG decision it seems like a bit of strange one.

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Legacy have benched n1ssim, and are apparently looking at insani. n1ssim isn't terrible, but we absolutely love insani (his duel swing is superstar level a lot of the time) so this is an exciting move - but it will require some serious rejigging of roles. This is nowhere near a straight swap.

insani is a straight up star while n1ssim has generally been a bit more supportive. It makes sense for Legacy to use their new-found power to take advantage of a market opportunity and get the most exciting Brazilian talent outside of FURIA, but they might have to make dumau far more sacrificial.

If it works, though, it could cement them as a serious threat.

PARIVISION wasted no time in removing two players after their shambolic Major season, with nota and BELCHONOKK leaving the team for HObbit and slaxejezzz. It's been a long time since we've seen HObbit in tier one, and we're very excited to see it again, while slaxejezzz is a complete newcomer to the top tier and brings with him excitement for that reason.

slaxejezzz profiles as more of a 'Hard Support' than anything else in the, admittedly limited, data we have, but seems like he does the tough jobs well and that's something Jame will love. One would imagine zweih might be freed up a little, given how well he's done in those roles, and that on paper looks like an excellent support/hard support core to build around, with HObbit as more of a star rifler.

He has the credentials, as long as he's still sharp enough.

Interestingly, slaxejezzz was very much a support on T side, but more of a star on CT side, so we might see him have hybrid roles for Jame. Due to having an AWP IGL, PARIVISION have an odd mix of roles anyway, so having a host of versatile players becomes very useful. It's hard to draw too much from the data, not least because QWENTRY aren't very good, but if Jame likes him, we like him.

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Rostermania is upon us, and it can be hard to keep track of every confirmed move and what's real, and what's not.

This is your one-stop-shop for everything that has happened in the off-season.